The mile run used to be such a big deal at Goshen...parents came, people cheered on the kids, it was a celebrated accomplishment but now it's just not...but for us it still is as celebrated as it used to be. The first time Riggs ran the mile run in second grade...was the first time we saw a glimpse of something he might be good at. It had not been the basketball, soccer, or t ball that we had already tried. At the time we thought he just was not good at those sports but what we later discovered is that he lacked the confidence he needed to excel at any sport. But running gave him that confidence and forever changed him...not only as an athlete, but as a person and it is a big part of the amazing kid he is today. So I was happy to be the only parent there ...watching him...as he ran his very last mile run at Goshen. I would not have missed it for the world. The Goshen mile run is something I will be forever grateful for.....
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